Cassette For Force Transmission In A Window Winder

ABSTRACT

A cassette for force transmission in a window winder, with fitting means for fitting at least one force-introducing means on the cassette. The fitting means have a passage opening which completely penetrates the cassette from a first cassette side to a second cassette side and the force-introducing means, which is passed through the passage opening, can be fitted on the cassette by the fitting means.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO A RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a National Phase Patent Application of InternationalPatent Application Number PCT/DE2005/000415, filed on Mar. 03, 2005,which claims priority of German Patent Application Number 20 2004 004044.1, filed on Mar. 12, 2004.

BACKGROUND

The invention relates to a cassette for force transmission in a windowwinder and to a driver and to a window winder.

Various types of window winders have been proposed and used in practiceto move a window between a closed and an open position. The opening andclosing movement of the window is usually guided along a guide track orrail. Track-controlled window winders of this type are used inparticular in motor vehicles. In this case, the guide tracks and atleast parts of the window are located within a motor vehicle door.

In order to be able to guide the window during its opening and closingmovement along the guide rail, the window is connected either directlyor via a support plate to fastening means in the form of a stepped boltwhich, in turn, is connected to sliders which move along the guide rail.The slider is usually only moveable along the guide rail, for whichreason the movement of the window takes place only along the trackdetermined by the guide rails.

A cassette which serves for the fitting of the force-introducing means,such as, for example, cable pulls, is connected to the slider. Dependingon the type of slider, the shape of the cassette can be of greatlydiffering and complex design and can have rounded portions, surfaces andcorners.

For the fitting of the force-introducing means, the cassette has fittingmeans which are designed differently in the prior art for cable pulls asforce-introducing means.

DE 34 45 00 discloses a cassette in which a cable pull nipple is fittedon a cable pull, which cable pull nipple is wider than the cable pulldiameter and is formed at that end of the cable pull which is to befitted on the cassette. The cable pull nipple is connected fixedly tothe cable pull and is inserted into a nipple chamber let into thecassette. A channel into which the cable pull is placed and which is toonarrow to receive the cable pull nipple leads away from the nipplechamber. The channel is open toward one cassette side, for which reasonthe cable pull, when being fitted, is simply placed into the channel.The nipple chamber is then closed by a closure cover. If a tensile forceacts on the cable pull, then the cable pull nipple remains in the nipplechamber, since it does not fit through the channel and is prevented bythe closure cover from leaving the nipple chamber. The tensile force istherefore transmitted to the cassette by the cable pull.

A further known type of fitting means likewise comprises a nipplechamber and a closed channel. Only a cable pull without a nipple can beinserted through the channel, since, apart from a free, tubular tunneland two end openings for the cable pull, the channel is closed. To fitthe cable pull, the latter has first of all to be threaded into thechannel and subsequently passed through it. The cable pull is thenpressed together with a cable pull nipple.

SUMMARY

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improvedpossibility for transmitting forces of a window winder via a driver to awindow.

The cassette has fitting means for fitting at least one forceintroducing means on the cassette. The solution according to theinvention is distinguished in that the fitting means comprise a passageopening which completely penetrates the cassette from a first cassetteside to a second cassette side. The force-introducing means, which ispassed through the passage opening, can be fitted on the cassette by thefitting means.

For installation, the force-introducing means is passed completelythrough the passage opening from the first cassette side to the secondcassette side and is fastened in this position. As a result, theforce-introducing means is not separated from the cassette in thepre-installation position by a force acting on the cassette via theforce-introducing means. The passing of the force-introducing meansthrough the passage opening improves the fastening of theforce-introducing means to the cassette, in particular since, in thepre-installation position, the cassette is not yet fastened and itsposition relative to the force-introducing means is therefore not fixed.Forces acting from the force-introducing means can therefore act on thecassette from a plurality of directions, depending on the relativeposition of the cassette. To release the fastening, theforce-introducing means has to be completely removed from the passageopening. As a result, a force-introducing means inserted into thepassage opening is particularly readily protected from tensile forcesfrom different directions. If the cassette is ready-installed in anoperating position and if a connection to the window is produced, thenthe displacement forces act from one or more known directions, for whichreason the loading of the cassette is precisely determined.

It is therefore precisely during the installation of the individualcomponents of the window winder that the special fastening with apassage opening as fitting means brings about a particularly goodfastening of the force-introducing means to the cassette.

The cassette can have any desired shape which serves to pass ondisplacement forces from a window winder mechanism in such a manner thata window is displaced in its position.

The first and the second cassette sides are preferably formedessentially perpendicular to a direction in which the force-introducingmeans, which is fitted on the cassette, is guided away from the cassetteand in which forces of a window winder mechanism, which forces act onthe cassette via the force-introducing means, act.

In this case, the expression “essentially perpendicular” is to beunderstood as meaning that the angles between the first and the secondcassette side, the cassette sides, are designed to be as large aspossible. The third cassette side is therefore formed at right angles tothe two sides. Cassettes are usually not of exactly cuboidal design buta shape similar to a cube can be seen which possibly has a very complexarrangement with a multiplicity of rounded portions, surfaces, cornersand projections, for which reason the assignment of a right-angleddirection cannot always take place exactly.

The first cassette side particularly preferably lies opposite the secondcassette side, with the passage opening penetrating these two cassettesides essentially perpendicularly. Forces of a window winder mechanism,which forces are introduced via the force-introducing means, thereforebear at least partially on two opposite cassette sides and thus ensurethat the cassette is loaded as uniformly as possible.

In one embodiment, a cutout for receiving the force-introducing means isformed in the first cassette side. The cutout connects the passageopening to a third cassette side from which a force-introducing means,which is fitted on the cassette, leads away from the cassette.

The fitting means advantageously have two passage openings and aredesigned for receiving two force-introducing means. In this case, thefitting means are preferably arranged in such a manner that twoforce-introducing means, which are fitted on them, point away from thecassette in two opposite directions and the introduction of forcepreferably takes place by means of a tensile force which is dependent onthe displacement direction, for example one force-introducing means fora closing movement of a window and one for an opening movement of awindow.

In one embodiment, the cassette is designed in such a manner that aforce-removing means can be fitted on the cassette, with forces whichare introduced into the cassette via the force-introducing means beingtransmittable to a support plate of a window by the force-removingmeans. In this case, the force-removing means can advantageously befitted on an insertion opening of the cassette. Support plate is to beunderstood as meaning any means for the fitting of a window, for examplethe force-removing means may also be connected directly to the window,and not only indirectly via a support plate.

The cassette particularly preferably comprises the fitting means and isdesigned as a single part. The fitting means are therefore part of thecassette, for example are in the form of cutouts and projections, and donot have to be fitted separately. The cassette is not composed ofindividual parts but rather of a single part, including the fittingmeans. In particular, an embodiment of the cassette as a plastic moldedpart or as an aluminum injection molding is preferred.

The fitting means of the cassette are advantageously designed in such amanner that either a cable pull, a wire pull, a dimensionally stablepushing means or a Bowden cable can be used as the force-introducingmeans. A combination of a plurality of different force-introducing meanscan also be realized, or an embodiment of the fitting means which can beused for a plurality of different force-introducing means.

In one embodiment, an interlocking and/or frictional connection can beprovided between the cassette and the force-introducing means by thefitting means. An interlocking connection by contact of theforce-introducing means with the cassette is particularly preferablyproduced.

For this, it is advantageously provided that the fitting means have achannel for receiving the force-introducing means, with the extents ofthe channel being too small to receive a nipple of the force-introducingmeans, which nipple is designed to be wider than a diameter of theforce-introducing means. In the event of a pull on the force-introducingmeans, the nipple serves to prevent the force-introducing means fromslipping out of the passage opening. The nipple abuts against thechannel and cannot be pulled through the channel, i.e. transmits thetensile force on the force-introducing means to the channel andtherefore to the cassette.

In this case, the fitting means advantageously have a nipple chamber,which is adjacent to a first end of the channel, for receiving thenipple, with channel and nipple chamber being formed on the samecassette side, in particular the second cassette side. Theforce-introducing means can be laid from the passage opening to a secondend of the channel or is directly adjacent to the latter. This savesspace on the cassette surface, and, after passing through the passageopening, the force-introducing means can be laid at the same time intothe channel and the adjacent nipple chamber, which constitutes aparticularly simple fitting possibility.

The nipple chamber preferably has a flange which impedes the nipple fromcoming out of the nipple chamber. The flange is designed in such amanner that although it does not prevent the force-introducing meansfrom being fitted in the nipple chamber, it at least impedes, if nottotally prevents, the nipple from coming out. This can be realized, forexample, by means of a shape which is flattened in the insertiondirection and is provided with an edge in the outlet direction. Theflange therefore constitutes an additional means of securing theforce-introducing means on the cassette.

The object is likewise achieved by a driver of a track-controlled windowwinder mechanism which has a slider and a cassette according to theinvention which is operatively connected to the slider.

In this case, the driver preferably has a force-removing means, inparticular a stepped bolt, on which the slider is fitted and by means ofwhich forces acting on the cassette are transmitted to a support platefor a window which is to be moved.

A cassette which serves for the fitting of force-introducing means, suchas, for example, cable pulls, is fitted on the slider. Slider withcassette together form a driver. The force-introducing means transmit atensile force of a window winder mechanism to the cassette or the driverand, via the stepped bolt, to the support plate of the window. Thestepped bolt therefore serves to transmit the tensile force from thedriver to the support plate of the window.

In addition, the object is achieved by a window winder which has adriver according to the invention and a track. The track controls thedisplacement movement of the driver by means of the slider of thedriver, which slider is arranged on the track. The window winder alsohas a force-introducing means for transmitting a force of a displacementdrive of the window winder to the cassette of the driver.

In one embodiment, the force-introducing means is designed as a cablepull with a cable pull nipple, the cable pull being passed, with thecable pull nipple in front, through the passage opening of the cassetteof the driver, being laid along a channel of the cassette, and the cablepull nipple being fitted in a nipple chamber of the cassette.

In this case, the cable pull nipple preferably has a spring mechanismwhich is fitted in the nipple chamber in such a manner that the springforce of the spring mechanism acts counter to a tensile forcetransmitted to the driver via the cable pull. As a result, thetransmission of force is cushioned and protects the materials.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention is explained in more detail below using a number ofexemplary embodiments with reference to the figures of the drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1A shows a plan view of a schematically illustrated driver,comprising slider and cassette placed onto it, with a surrounding windowwinder mechanism.

FIG. 1B shows an enlarged plan view of the cassette of FIG. 1A which isplaced onto the slider;

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a cassette according to the invention whichis fastened to a guide rail.

FIG. 3A shows a longitudinal section through a cassette, a slider and afastening means and a window in a loose formation.

FIG. 3B shows a longitudinal section through a cassette, a slider and afastening means and a window in a fitted position.

FIG. 3C shows an enlargement of the fastening means head from FIG. 3B.

FIGS. 4A-4D show the fitting of a cable pull on a cassette according tothe invention in a schematic illustration.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show a schematic illustration of a cassette with twocable pulls fitted on it and the course thereof in the cassette.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1A shows, in a schematic illustration, devices which are fitted ina motor vehicle door and are intended for moving and guiding a window.Three guide rails or tracks 20, 20′, 20″ serve for the track-controlledmovement of a window (not illustrated). The guide rails 20, 20′ and 20″are in each case of two-part design and comprise two individual railsrunning essentially parallel to each other, thus forming guide-railintermediate spaces 21, 21′and 21″.

Sliders 15′ and 15″ are fitted in the guide-rail intermediate spaces 21′and 21″ of the guide rails 20′ and 20″ in such a manner that they can bemoved only along these guide rails. A third slider in the guide-railintermediate space 21 of the guide rail 20 is covered by a cassette 10which is fastened on the slider (not visible in FIG. 1A).

All three sliders are fastened to a support plate (not illustrated) ofthe window and ensure that the window can be moved only along thedirection of movement predetermined by the three guide rails 20, 20′ and20″. If the sliders are located at the upper guide-rail ends 20 b, 20 b′and 20 b″, the window is closed and, if they are located at the lowerguide-rail ends 20 a, 20 a′ and 20 a″, the window is open.

Two cable pulls 30 are fitted on the cassette 10 as force-introducingmeans and are connected to the drive 42 via return pulleys 40 and 41. Inthis case, the return pulley 40 is fitted at the upper guide-rail end 20b while the return pulley 41 is fitted at the lower guide-rail end 20 a.When a window winder actuating means (not illustrated) is actuated, thedrive 42 exerts a tensile force on the cable pulls 30 which transmit thetensile force to the cassette 10 and move it in the direction of one ofthe return pulleys 40 or 41 and therefore in the direction of one of theguide-rail ends 20 a or 20 b. The tensile force is transmitted via thecassette 10 to the slider (not illustrated) arranged below it and to thesupport plate (not illustrated) and serves for the track-controlledmovement of the window.

FIG. 1B illustrates the cassette of FIG. 1A in enlarged form. Thecassette has two nipple chambers 3 which are designed as depressions inthat side of the cassette 10 which is opposite the slider which isconcealed in FIG. 1B, and in which a respective cable pull nipple 31 anda spring mechanism 32 are inserted. The cable pull nipples 31 and thespring mechanisms 32 are connected fixedly to in each case one end of acable pull 30. The spring mechanisms are mounted in the nipple chambers3 in such a manner that, by means of a pull along the cable pulls 30, aresulting tensile force is transmitted in a resilient manner to thecassette 10. The resilient mounting protects both the material of thecassette 10 and of the cable pulls 30 during the transmission of tensileforces to the cassette 10.

Ends of the channels 2, which are designed as elongate depressions inthe cassette side, and through which the cable pulls 30 are laid, areadjacent to the nipple chambers 3. In this case, the channels 2 are sonarrow that the cable pull nipples 31 and the spring mechanisms 32cannot enter the channels 2, since they are designed to be too large forthem.

At the other end of the channels 2, the cassette 10 has passage openings1 through which the two cable pulls 30 run and which completelypenetrate the cassette from the lower cassette side (not visible in theFIG.) to the upper, visible side.

The passage opening 1 is of rectilinear design and runs perpendicularlythrough the cassette 10. As an alternative, in another embodiment, thepassage opening may also be of oblique or jagged design. Likewise, thepassage opening can be designed such that it runs from the first to thesecond cassette side but after this such that it leads to a furthercassette side.

A configuration according to the invention might also be conceivablewithout the nipple chambers and the channel if the force-introducingmeans is fastened directly in the passage opening, for example isclamped into place.

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a cassette 10 which is illustrated in FIGS.3A and 3B in a sectional illustration along the section plane indicatedin FIG. 2 by the arrows B.

Before the installation of the cassette 10, a cassette 10 in the form ofan individual part is present, as shown in FIG. 3A. The cassette 10 hasan insertion opening 11 which, in FIG. 2, points into the plane ofprojection and through which the section plane of FIGS. 3A and 3B runs.

For its installation, the cassette 10 is plugged onto a fastening means50 in the form of a stepped bolt, with the stepped bolt 50 beinginserted into the insertion opening 11. The stepped bolt 50 is screwedor riveted to a support plate 100 which is connected frictionally to thewindow. Alternatively, the stepped bolt 50 can also be screwed orriveted directly to the window. The stepped bolt serves to transmit thedisplacement forces, which act on the cassette, to the window.Furthermore, FIGS. 3A and 3B show that a slider 15 is plugged onto thestepped bolt 50 which is penetrated by the stepped bolt 50. The slider15 bears from two sides against a guide rail 20 which is likewisepenetrated by the stepped bolt 50.

The fitting means are designed to be essentially point-symmetrical to anaxis of symmetry of the cassette 10, which axis of symmetry runs alongthe stepped bolt 50. As a result, in particular, nipple chambers 3,channels 2 and passage openings 1 are point-symmetrical to one anotherand tensile forces on cable pulls 30 laid through them act on thecassette 10 from opposite directions. The cable pulls 30 point inopposite directions away from the cassette 10 to the return pulleys 40and 41 positioned outside FIG. 1B.

FIG. 3B shows that the cassette 10 can be plugged onto that end of thestepped bolt 50 which lies opposite the window until the cassette 10rests on the slider 15. Slider 15 and cassette 10 together form adriver.

FIG. 2 shows the cassette 10 at the guide-rail end 20B. The stepped bolt50 runs through the intermediate space 21 perpendicular to the planedefined by the two parallel guide rails 20. Its one end is connected tothe cutout of the support plate 100 (illustrated at the bottom in FIG.2).

The slider 15 comprises the guide rail 20 and is itself held on thestepped bolt 50 between the cassette 10 and the support plate 100. Theslider 15 itself is of multi-part design in a manner such that it canmove in a plurality of spatial directions in order to be able to followthe complex track which is defined by the guide rails 20.

FIGS. 3A to 3C show that the cassette 10, along the insertion opening11, has a plurality of resilient latching means 12 arrangedconcentrically with the insertion opening. If the cassette, as shown inFIG. 3B, is placed entirely onto the stepped bolt 50, then the latchingmeans 12 latch into a latching groove of the stepped bolt 50 and fix thecassette in a locking position.

FIG. 3C illustrates this latching mechanism in enlarged form. Thelatching means 12 run essentially along the insertion opening 11. Theyhave a latching lug which engages in a latching groove of the steppedbolt 50 and prevents a movement of the stepped bolt 50 counter to theplug-in direction by the fact that the latching lug strikes against ashoulder of the head of the stepped bolt 50.

If the cassette 10 is entirely plugged onto the stepped bolt 50, thelatching means 12, when there is a pull on the stepped bolt 50, conductpulling-off forces, which arise counter to the insertion direction, intothe cassette 10 and therefore prevent the stepped bolt 50 from becomingdetached from the cassette 10.

FIG. 2 shows that the cassette 10 has a total of five latching means 12which are arranged concentrically with the insertion opening 11. Fivebearing ribs 13 on which the stepped bolt 50 bears in the lockingposition are arranged between the latching lugs 12. Owing to the factthat the cassette in each case has five latching means and bearing ribs,a mounting which is as stable as possible is produced with as low anumber of latching and bearing means as possible. However, a differentnumber of latching means and bearing means can also be used in afastening system according to the invention, in particular if the numberof bearing means differs from the number of latching means.

The bearing ribs 13 run parallel to the stepped bolt 50 along theinsertion opening 11. By means of the bearing ribs 13, rotationalmovements of the stepped bolt 50 with respect to the cassette 10 areprevented by the bearing ribs 13 bearing against a plurality of contactpoints of the stepped bolt 50 and thereby fixing it in place. Only arotational movement about the insertion opening 11 remains possible.

FIGS. 4A to 4D show, in a schematic illustration, a method as to how acable pull 30, with a cable pull nipple 31 fitted to the cable pull endand a spring mechanism 32 adjoining said cable pull nipple, is fitted ona cassette 10.

In FIG. 4A, the cable pull 30, with the cable pull nipple 31 in front,is inserted in the arrow direction from the side into the passageopening 1 which, when installation is finished, bears on the slider 15.The passage opening 1 is designed in such a manner that the cable pullnipple 31 of the cable pull 30 can be passed completely through thepassage opening 1.

FIG. 4B shows the opposite side of the cassette 10. The cable pullnipple 31 is completely plugged through the cassette 10 from a firstcassette side to the opposite cassette side and is pulled out of thecassette 10 in the arrow direction to beyond the spring mechanism 32(FIG. 4C). As a result, only the flexible wire of the cable pull 30 islocated in the passage opening 1.

FIG. 4D shows how the cable pull nipple 31 is laid with the springmechanism 32 into the nipple chamber 3. For this purpose, the cable pull30 has been bent in such a manner that it runs away from the passageopening 1 through the channel 2 into the nipple chamber 3. Thedepressions in the cassette 10, which depressions form the channel 2 andthe nipple chamber 3, are located on the cassette side toward which thecable pull 30 is plugged through the passage opening 1 duringinstallation.

The spring mechanism 32 comprises a spiral spring, the spring of whichis oriented in the direction away from the nipple chamber 3 to thechannel 2. The spring is easily prestressed between cable pull nipple 31and channel 2. The spring mechanism 32, the cable pull nipple 31 and thecable pull 30 are entirely recessed in the depressions. A flange 4 inthe nipple chamber 3 ensures that the spring does not bend but ratherruns parallel to the cassette side which has the depression for thenipple chamber 3.

In FIG. 4A, two cutouts 5 can be seen which run along the cassette sidefrom which the cable pull 30 is inserted into the passage opening 1during installation. The cutouts 5 serve to receive the cable pull partwhich is laid away from the passage opening 1 and the cassette 10.

The depth of these cutouts 5 and the depth of the cutouts which form thechannels 2 and the nipple chambers 3 are coordinated with each other insuch a manner that the cable pulls 30 runs without kinks and especiallywithout a bend out of a plane parallel to the cassette sides which arepenetrated by the passage opening 1.

During the installation of a complete driver, first of all the slider 15is fitted on the guide rail 20 and then the cassette 10, which isalready connected to the cable pulls 30, is plugged onto the steppedbolt 50 and therefore onto the slider 15.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show a schematic illustration of the cassette 10 withtwo cable pulls 30 fitted on it, and the course thereof in the cassette10. The two directions in which the cable pulls 30 point away from thecassette 10 are precisely opposed, which is made possible by means of ashaping of the cutouts 5 shown in FIG. 4A.

In FIGS. 5A and 5B, one spring mechanism 32 b is relaxed, and anotherspring mechanism 32 a is tensioned by a tensile force applied to thecable pull 30 a. The tensile force pulls the cable pull nipple 31 a tothe channel 2 a. The movement of the cable pull nipple 31 a takes placeentirely in the nipple chamber 3 a, since the flange 4 a prevents thespring 32 a from bending and prevents the cable pull nipple 31 a fromcoming out of the nipple chamber 3 a. The small extent of the channel 2a prevents the cable pull nipple 31 from being pulled out of the nipplechamber 3 into the depression in the cassette side of the channel.

The spring mechanism 32 a cushions the transmission of the tensile forceto the cassette 10 and thereby prevents a severe wearing of thematerial, in particular a tearing of the cable pull 30 a.

The cable pull nipple 31 a is moved in the nipple chamber in thedirection of the adjoining channel 2 a along a spring path which issmaller than the compensating path covered by the cable pull 30 a in thechannel 2 a. This avoids alternating bends in the cable.

Owing to the fact that the cable pull 30 is threaded through thecassette 10 from a first to a second cassette side, a tensile forceacting on the cassette via the cable pull is applied to the firstcassette side but the cable pull itself is laid further along the secondcassette side. The cable pull is therefore not pulled out of the channelor the nipple chamber by tensile forces.

One advantage of this solution is that an additional andwear-susceptible fitting means, such as, for example, a closure cover,is not required but rather the shaping of the cassette 10 is sufficientby itself in order to provide sufficient fitting means.

A further advantage is that the cable pull 30 can be fitted on thecassette 10 at the same time as the cable pull nipple 31, i.e. the cablepull nipple 31 does not have to be connected first to the cable pull 30after being threaded into and pushed through the channel 2, as in theprior art described at the beginning. The threading through the passageopening 1 is substantially simpler than the threading of the cable pull30 without cable pull nipple 31 into the channel 2, since the passageopening 1 is wider.

The invention is not restricted to the embodiments illustrated in thedrawings. For example, the cassette does not absolutely have to have thefitting means according to the invention for cable pulls but rather theslider may alternatively also have the fitting means.

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 26. A cassette for force transmission in a windowwinder, with fitting means for fitting at least one force-introducingmeans on the cassette, wherein the fitting means have a passage openingwhich completely penetrates the cassette from a first cassette side to asecond cassette side, and the force-introducing means, which is passedthrough the passage opening, can be fitted on the cassette by thefitting means.
 27. The cassette of claim 26, wherein the first andsecond cassette sides are formed essentially perpendicular to adirection in which the force-introducing means, which is fitted on thecassette, is guided away from the cassette and in which forces of awindow winder mechanism, which forces act on the cassette via theforce-introducing means, are applied.
 28. The cassette of claim 26 or27, wherein the first cassette side lies opposite the second cassetteside, with the passage opening penetrating these two cassette sidesessentially perpendicularly.
 29. The cassette of claim 26, wherein thecassette has a cutout for receiving the force-introducing means in thefirst cassette side, which cutout connects the passage opening to athird cassette side from which a force-introducing means, which isfitted on the cassette, leads away from the cassette.
 30. The cassetteof claim 26, wherein the fitting means have two passage openings and aredesigned for receiving two force-introducing means.
 31. The cassette ofclaim 30, wherein the fitting means are arranged in such a manner thattwo force-introducing means, which are fitted on them, point away fromthe cassette in two opposite directions.
 32. The cassette of claim 26,wherein the cassette is designed in such a manner that a force-removingmeans can be fitted on the cassette, with forces which are introducedinto the cassette via the force-introducing means being transmittable toa support plate of a window by the force-removing means.
 33. Thecassette of claim 32, wherein the force-removing means can be fitted onan insertion opening of the cassette.
 34. The cassette of claim 26,wherein the cassette comprises the fitting means and is designed as asingle part.
 35. The cassette of claim 26, wherein the fitting means aredesigned to be essentially point-symmetrical to an axis of symmetry ofthe cassette.
 36. The cassette of claim 26, wherein the fitting means ofthe cassette are designed in such a manner that a cable pull, a wirepull, a dimensionally stable pushing means and/or a Bowden cable can beused as the force-introducing means.
 37. The cassette of claim 26,wherein an interlocking and/or frictional connection can be providedbetween the cassette and the force-introducing means by the fittingmeans.
 38. The cassette of claim 26, wherein an interlocking connectioncan be provided between the force-introducing means and the cassette bycontact of the force-introducing means with the cassette.
 39. Thecassette of claim 26, wherein the fitting means have a channel forreceiving the force-introducing means, with the extents of the channelbeing too small to receive a nipple of the force-introducing means,which nipple is designed to be wider than a diameter of theforce-introducing means.
 40. The cassette of claim 39, wherein thefitting means have a nipple chamber, which is adjacent to a first end ofthe channel, for receiving the nipple.
 41. The cassette of claim 40,wherein the channel is formed on the same cassette side as the nipplechamber.
 42. The cassette of claim 39, wherein the nipple chamber isformed in the second cassette side and has a flange to impede the nipplefrom coming out of the nipple chamber.
 43. The cassette of claim 39,wherein the force-introducing means can be laid from the passage openingto a second end of the channel.
 44. The cassette of claim 43, whereinthe passage opening is adjacent to the second end of the channel. 45.The cassette of claim 26, wherein the fitting means are designed in sucha manner that alternating bends on a force-introducing means fitted onthe cassette are avoided.
 46. A driver of a track-controlled windowwinder mechanism which has a slider and a cassette operatively connectedto the slider, wherein the cassette has fitting means for fittingforce-introducing means on the cassette, wherein the fitting means havea passage opening which completely penetrates the cassette from a firstcassette side to a second cassette side, and the force-introducingmeans, which is passed through the passage opening, can be fitted on thecassette by the fitting means.
 47. The driver of claim 46, wherein thedriver has a force-removing means, in particular a stepped bolt, whichtransmits forces acting on the cassette to a support plate for a windowwhich is to be moved, and on which the slider is fitted.
 48. A windowwinder with a driver as claimed in claim 47, which has a track forcontrolling the displacement movement of the driver by means of theslider of the driver, which slider is arranged on the track, and aforce-introducing means for transmitting a force of a displacement driveof the window winder to the cassette.
 49. The window winder of claim 48,wherein the force-introducing means is designed as a cable pull with acable pull nipple, the cable pull being passed, with the cable pullnipple in front, through the passage opening of the cassette, being laidalong a channel of the cassette and the cable pull nipple being fittedin a nipple chamber of the cassette.
 50. The window winder of claim 49,wherein the cable pull nipple has a spring mechanism which is fitted inthe nipple chamber in such a manner that the spring force of the springmechanism acts counter to a tensile force transmitted to the driver viathe cable pull.